Install and Uninstall

The Cooker is distributed as a 7z format self-extracting archive. And, it has the following features in the file name.

#1 is the version and #2 is the target. Therefore, the name in the figure above indicates Cooker version 3.0.1.0 x86 32-bit edition.

As explained above, running cooker_3_0_1_0_x86.exe will create a cooker_3_0_1_0_x86 directory.

The following figure is a list of files that will be unpacked by executing the distribution archive file.

The above is a list of cooker_3_0_1_0_x86 directories that will be created by running cooker_3_0_1_0_x86.exe. Describes the important files.

#1 : Cooker.exe

It is an executable file which is the body of Cooker.

#2 : message text file.

This is a text file that are messages for the user interface.

For example, Japanese messages have been gathered in message.jp.txt. If you change the name of this file to message.txt, the messages of the Cooker will be in Japanese.

The message.en.txt is an excerpt of the default messages.

#3 : class dll files

There are class dll files in the dlls directory. These files are dynamically embedded when the Cooker starts up. You can freely expand and change the functions of the Cooker by exchanging these files.

#4 : WebView2

Files and directories related to WebView2 which is a rendering engine.

#5 : SQLite

Database related files.

#6 : Rice

Rice related files.

#7 : system.cook

This is a script file which is executed when Cooker is started.